The story so far has been more about fireworks than finesse.
Only one match out of six on this tour has been won while defending a total, when India did so in Indore, where dew stayed away and made a difference for the Indian bowlers. It is also home to Sunrisers Hyderabad, the IPL’s most trigger-happy side. Arshdeep’s three wickets carried India home in Indore, Naman Dhir, too, proved clinical, providing the side with another useful bowling option.
Now the series moves to the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Wednesday (October 14, 2026), which has long been kind to T20 batters. In India’s last outing in Hyderabad, against Bangladesh in October 2024, it ended three runs short of 300. It could be the same case in Hyderabad too, which has seen average temperatures vary between 31-34 °C the last few days. For the visitor, Roston Chase leads the bowling charts and will relish another crack at Abhishek, whom he has dismissed twice in 13 balls this series. Match starts at 7 p.m.
The host will lean on a top-order that has taken turns to blaze away. While the West Indies has struggled to contain the firepower, it has been far from a pushover.
That said, it will need a more complete performance to unsettle the reigning world champion and keep the series alive.